Bad Week: David Beckham, Bernie Madoff, the armed forces, Katie Price

by Greg McDonald

Boo! It was an unpopular week for David Beckham, as his return to Major League Soccer saw LA Galaxy fans jeering their own captain. Of course, nobody was surprised to find Becks taking a few boos in his stride, as befits a man who's brushed off attacks from his own team-mates and Ali G. The real shock of the week was him turning down a raunchy fashion shoot with Angelina Jolie.

It was a long, hard week for disgraced Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, as the multi-billion-dollar fraudster and biggest villain of the past few years' financial disasters began a 150-year stretch in jail. And if Ponzi schemes mean as much to you as decency did to prisoner number 61727-054, here's the Cookie Monster to explain.

It was a tragic week for Britain's armed forces as hundreds lined the streets of Wootton Bassett to pay their respects to eight British soldiers killed on the Army's darkest day in an Afghanistan conflict, which has cost 184 lives since 2001. But while General Sir Richard Dannat was making his feelings about a lack of helicopters plain, Gordon Brown remained resolute about the Afghanistan mission.

Finally, it was another rough week for Katie Price in the ongoing public split from husband Peter Andre. While a contrite Pete was treated with kid gloves by Phillip Schofield on This Morning, Katie's reputation was given a trashing by Piers Morgan, who called her a “slapper” before an audience of millions.

Comments

[Johnty, Newcastle]

Not much interest in this one Greg !